Increased incidence of leprosy following HAART initiation: A manifestation of the immune reconstitution disease

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1599-1600

  Couppié, Pierre ^a   Domergue, Valérie ^a   Clyti, Emmanuel ^a   Guedj, Myriam El ^a   Vaz, Tania ^a   Sainte Marie, Dominique ^a   Marty, Christian ^a,b   Nacher, Mathieu ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b Centre de Dépistage et de Diagnostic des Infections Sexuellement Transmissibles   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LEPROSY; MALE;

EID: 68649094981     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832bb5b7     Document Type: Article

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